Community Involvement

CMC is actively involved in supporting the local communities in helping to protect the environment and to support those in need. Hundreds of hours are donated each year by CMC employees from all over the world to make a difference.

Our employees are actively involved in supporting local agencies like the American Red Cross and United Way. We walk the streets, playgrounds, parks and our work areas to pick up trash and offer programs for our families to help recycle home waste, such as spent batteries, old running shoes and aluminum products.

Each year thousands of pounds are recycled with the help of our volunteers, supporting their local communities in an effort to protect and clean the global environment.

Giving Back

Cleaning Up

Safety Training

Tree Planting

Giving Back to the Community

Nitrile Glove Recycling

As part of our green initiative to reduce landfill waste at Cabot Microelectronics, we participate in the Kimberly-Clarke RightCycle* program. This program involves the collection of nitrile gloves, a hard-to-recycle and common laboratory item, and have them turned into eco-friendly plastic benches, Adirondack chairs, trash cans, composite wood, frisbees and more. To date, CMC has collected over 2600 lbs. of used nitrile gloves.

Nike Reuse-A-Shoe

Cabot Microelectronics is a proud participant in the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program. Recycling sneakers might sound a little out there, but it wasn't so long ago that throwing yesterday's news into today's trash wasn't just normal, but the only thing to do with it.

Times have changed – for the better. Today, recycling household waste like plastic, glass, paper and cardboard has become second nature for people around the world.

CMC EHS Community Reuse-A-Shoe 2Nike's goal is to make recycling athletic shoes second nature, as well. With Nike Reuse-A-Shoe bins available at more than 300 locations in the United States, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand, it's becoming easier than ever to find a shoe recycling facility near you – and even easier to toss your kicks in and let Nike take care of the rest. At CMC, recycling bins are set up at each Aurora facility. Participants place their unwanted sports shoes in the bins. When full, volunteers from our environmental team transport the shoes to the local drop-off center. It's that easy.

Not only is sports shoe recycling easy to do, but it's also one more way CMC is working to become a more sustainable company.

2014 Student Tuition Support - Kaohsiung Site

In 2014, the Taiwan SH&E team made it's fourth annual monetary donation to a University with a department renowned for its occupational safety and health programs. The annual donation is given to help select students that are enduring economic hardship. The first recipients of the annual donation have not only gone on to graduate and find careers, but have expressed their gratitude and donated money to the university to help other students experiencing financial hardships.

Cleaning Up the Environment

Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Program

The Illinois Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program brings citizen volunteers into partnerships with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to pick up trash and keep our roadsides clean. The program also educates and encourages people to stop littering. Through the cleanup efforts of more than 10,000 Adopt-A-Highway volunteers throughout Illinois, visitors and tourists have a better first impression of our state.

CMC Adopt A HighwayCabot Microelectronics employees are among the 10,000 volunteers who participate in this program. CMC is assigned a two-mile section of highway and has been participating for over five years. As a volunteer organization, CMC agrees to remove litter from our section of highway at least three times each year. The three Aurora facilities alternate volunteer times throughout the course of the year. Each facility has the opportunity to participate in this program at least once a year and has consistently accomplished the successful goal of doing our part to keep Illinois clean and improve environmental awareness.

2014 Aurora Campus E-Act Fair

In May of 2014, Cabot Microelectronics employees in Aurora with the help of 17 surrounding vendors participated in our annual Environmental Action (E-Act) Fair. Participants learned how WE can make a positive impact on our environment at work and at home. Drop off receptacles for recyclable materials such as batteries, electronics, CFL lightbulbs, prescription glasses and more were available for participants.

Cleaning Up the Environment

Cabot Microelecgtronics employees in Japan include their families in helping to pick up trash from the neighborhood industrial park. Keeping the community clean is an important part in taking pride in our communities.

Clean Sweap

On May 21, 2011, three members of QED Technologies' Green Team participated in the City of Rochester's annual Clean Sweep program. As part of this year's Clean Sweep initiative, 3,000 volunteers collected more than 100 tons of litter and debris and participated in more than 100 beautification projects across the city.

As part of the Clean Sweep initiative and to complete a goal established by the QED Green Team for FY11, Ralph Scialo, Cathy Quinn and Karen Marsh volunteered to help clean up a veteran's memorial flower garden. The half-day project included weeding the overgrown plot, carrying and spreading mulch and planting new flowers in the garden and containers along the street.

Safety Training at CMC

Fire Safety

In November 2012, Cabot Microelectronics' office in China underwent fire safety training. Employees performed a fire drill and demonstrated the proper procedure for exiting the building in case of a fire. Employees were also trained in the use of fire extinguishers. Local fire officials were on site to aid in the training and demonstrations.

2014 Aurora Campus Fire Extinguisher Training

Cabot Microelectronics' office in Aurora conducted fire safety training for children of employees during Bring Your Child to Work Day. Children were trained in the use of fire extinguishers and safety.

Tree Planting

Tree Planting Event at EPOCH Facility

On March 27th, 2012, representatives from the CMC Epoch facility, including site EHS Manager, Andy Yen, attending the tree planting event for the Tainan Science Park. Other attendees included CMC customers. Tainan City government and Tainan Science Park also invites the local media to report on this activity. Originally this area served as a landfill site, but with local community effort has now been planted with lots of trees. In several years, it will be turned into a park for the local community to use.

CMC-Epoch has been closely involved in the process to convert the former landfill space into a local park thru soil remediation and monetary donations to purchase trees for planting.

Cabot Microelectronics Receives Intel's SCQI Award for Third Consecutive Year

Cabot Microelectronics has been recognized as one of only eleven companies receiving Intel Corporation's prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award for its performance in 2014. Cabot Microelectronics Corporation was recognized for demonstrating outstanding performance to goals and extraordinary, industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics systems and environmental sustainability.